Wednesday we introduced you to new Delos artist Isabel Bayrakdarian, and today we’re excited to share a new playlist on YouTube featuring performances, recordings, interviews and more: Pre-Order Mother Of Light Armenian hymns and chants in praise of Mary Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano Soprano sorceress Isabel Bayrakdarian, acclaimed internationally for her glittering accomplishments on both stage…
Order Now! “To sum up, in their Brahms offering, Uchida/Formosa and Delos have given us a modern performance and recording of excellence. The pairing with an impressive performance of a relatively unfamiliar work brings an added enticement. This issue will provide lovers of romantic music with many rewards.” —Rob W McKenzie, MusicWeb International Amazon Music…
Soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian is an eagerly anticipated visitor to opera houses and concert halls the world over. A winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 1997 — the same year she graduated from the University of Toronto cum laude with a Biomedical Engineering Degree — Ms. Bayrakdarian thereafter found her career taking rapid…
Houston Public Media’s Classical Classroom features Delos composer Mark Abel for a fantastic discussion on Art Song! Have a listen: Speaking of Art Songs by Mark Abel… Hila Plitmann Premieres The Palm Trees Are Restless October 01, 2016 – 8:00pm Boston Court Performing Arts Center 70 N. Mentor Ave. Pasadena, CA 91106 Tickets Apple Music…
It was a weekend of coast-to-coast choral launch parties! Check out a couple of photos from the Cappella SF Facing West launch party as well as pic from the Taylor Festival Choir’s Celtic Mass party at a local Irish pub! Order Now Facing West Cappella SF Ragnar Bohlin, conductor Grammy Award-winning choirmaster Ragnar Bohlin leads…
Pre-Order Mother Of Light Armenian hymns and chants in praise of Mary Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano Soprano sorceress Isabel Bayrakdarian, acclaimed internationally for her glittering accomplishments on both stage and screen, presents – in this hypnotically alluring album of Armenian sacred music – a more spiritual aspect of her multifaceted musical persona. Isabel conceived this project…
Crescendo Magazine hears “an intimate fervor” in the new Taylor Festival Choir recording of Michael McGlynn’s Celtic Mass and James MacMillan’s Mass: Order Now “These two masses have many points in common. Each is divided into nine parts and both bask in a serene atmosphere, where meditation and fervor reign – an intimate fervor, internalized,…
Lawrence Brownlee wins over a bel canto skeptic at Opera Obsession with the newly released Allegro io son recording: Pre-Order “The artistry of Lawrence Brownlee, though, drew me to his new album of Bellini and Donizetti, Allegro io son, and I’ve been listening to it repeatedly. It’s a thoughtfully put-together disc, and one that admirably…
Order Now With Grammy-winning soprano Hila Plitmann preparing to give the world premiere of Mark Abel’s The Palm Trees Are Restless in a few weeks, we’re pleased to read new praise for the song cycle in Gregory Berg’s new review of the Home Is a Harbor package in the Journal of Singing. Referring to Abel…
Meet Lawrence Brownlee October 2, 4:45pm! Immediately after San Francisco Opera‘s October 2nd matinee performance of Don Pasquale, Delos artist Lawrence Brownlee will be signing copies of his new Allegro io son recording at the San Francisco Opera Shop in the South Mezzanine of the War Memorial Opera House. Don’t miss your chance to meet…
Lawrence Brownlee Allegro io son Bel Canto Arias Tenor Lawrence Brownlee – overwhelmingly regarded as the world’s leading bel canto tenor – follows up his previous Grammy-nominated release on Delos (Virtuoso Rossini Arias) with this stirring and eagerly awaited new collection of opera arias by Gaetano Donizetti and Vincenzo Bellini. Brownlee performs a rich and…
Order Now “The American label Delos chose two contemporary composers from the United States to bring this about: Conrad Sousa and David Conte. Each one has a proven record of an intense activity throughout their careers, even if very few echoes of their activities and music have reached the European continent. The choir’s director, Ragnar…
Delos artist Lawrence Brownlee is asking his friends and colleagues to donate to Autism research for every pound he loses during the month of September, in support of his son Caleb as part of his “September Weight Loss Challenge & Autism Fundraiser.” “As many of you know, my six-year-old son Caleb was diagnosed with Autism…
Order Now “Mark Abel has devoted most of his composing career to writing song cycles, including those represented on two previous Delos releases. The current disc is a recording of his first opera, Home is a Harbor. Abel spent some formative years as a rock musician, and he has a knack for integrating catchy, interesting…
August 27th marked the special occasion of our wonderful pianist/conductor Constantine Orbelian’s 60th birthday. A significant number, as his latest recordings featuring Stefano Secco, Dmitri Hvorostovsky and soon-to-be-released Lawrence Brownlee have meant that he has also recorded over 60 albums on Delos! He received a congratulatory letter from the president of Armenia, who also referenced…
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